CHRIS O'DOWD (Officer Rhodes) recently
finished work as William, the
lead male role in the BBC
flagship drama The Crimson
Petal and the White, a fourpart
adaptation of Michel
Fabers' best-selling novel,
directed by Marc Munden.
He most recently appeared in
20th Century Fox's Gulliver's
Travels, in which he played
the role of General Edward, directed by Rob Letterman
and starring opposite Jack Black, Jason Segel and
Emily Blunt.

Last year, he starred opposite Paul Rudd, Steve
Carell and Zach Galifianakis in Jay Roach's Dinner
for Schmucks. His previous feature credits include
Working Title/Focus Features' Pirate Radio, opposite
Philip Seymour Hoffman and directed by Richard
Curtis. He also starred in Frequently Asked Questions
About Time Travel, opposite Anna Faris and directed
by Gareth Carrivick, for BBC Films; Working Title/
Universal Pictures' Hippie Hippie Shake, opposite
Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller and directed by
Beeban Kidron; Vera Drake, directed by Mike Leigh;
and the 2005 feature Festival, which was nominated
for two BAFTAs including Best British Film, and for
which he won a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor
in a Scottish Film.

O'Dowd recently wrapped season four of The IT
Crowd, for Channel 4 television, and is well known
in Ireland for having starred in the popular RTÃ‰ One
drama The Clinic, which earned him a nomination for
an Irish Film & Television Award in 2003.